State v. Minousis

GIDEON, P.

The defendant, George M. Minousis, the appellant here, was charged by the information filed in the district court of Carbon county with the crime of assault with intent to commit murder upon the person of one Dorrity. The prosecution was had under the provisions of section 8046, Comp. Laws Utah 1917, which section reads:

“Every person who assaults another with intent to commit murder is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one nor more than twenty years.”

The jury found the defendant guilty. The judgment followed in the terms prescribed by statute. The…